Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/06
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In several of the coffee shops and pasta restaurants in New Orleans, there
are framed B&W prints on the wall with price tags on them, and some of them
sell. Many of them are sort of "street photography" images, and most of
them are absolutely terrible. But customers look at them and say "Oh, I
love B&W photography. Aren't these fabulous!" while looking at a picture of
a trash can or fire hydrant.
Photographers may be hypercritical of other folks photographs. Customers
may not be critical enough. But what defines "good" street photography anyway?
Jeffery
At 09:13 PM 9/6/02 +0100, you wrote:
>I have never been able to make up my mind whether Alfie is a total innocent
>or a troll merchant but I have always admired the way he has ploughed on in
>the face of often savage criticism. I never understood his obscure titling
>of his images and the photographs themselves did nothing for me but looking
>at the pdf file ("there's no such thing as bad publicity") I think they are
>an improvement on past efforts. Would I buy a copy? No I would not. Have I
>seen worse? Yes I have and not all of it mine and not all of it from
>amateurs.
>As previously stated, I will not be buying a copy but I would like to offer
>congratulations to Alfie for an object lesson in tenacity. He had a dream
>and he chased it down. It says something for the climate on the LUG recently
>that I hesitate to post my opinion in case the fallout rains down on my
>head. If it does, so be it. Good on yer Alfie.
>--Graham
>
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